Rail-joint.



C. JACINO.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 1915.

Patented June 22, 1915.

WITNESSES A TTORNE Y5.

[HE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. O. C.

II @TATFI PATEN CHARLES JACINO, OF GARFIELD, UTAH.

RAIL-JOINT.

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Application filed April 9, 1915.

To all 7071mm it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES JAoINo, a subject of the King of Italy, and residing at Garfield, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway appliances, and has for its object to provide a bridged rail joint and means for connecting rails over which locomotives and heavy trains may be operated without the constant and continued knocking or bumping so noticeable where the vertical transverse joint is used.

A further object is to provide a joint that will prevent lateral displacement of the ends of the rails and at the same time to so bridge the joint that contraction and expansion of the rails, from climatic conditions, may take place without leaving an open space between the abutting rails.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which I have shown a substantial embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of two abutting rails, showing my joint and means of connecting the rails and of securing them in place on the ties, parts cut away. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of the same with the ties and rail plate removed. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of one end portion as cut and used. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective showing in detail the angle iron portion of my device. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the rail plate.

The expansion and contraction of railway rails and the consequent formation of open spaces between the ends of the rails, the wear on the ends of the rails by the rolling stock, the tendency of the rails to creep caused by the rolling stock striking the ends of the rails, and the jar and noise caused by the rolling stock in passing the joint, has always been a problem for railway men. I have invented and herein describe a device Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 22, 1915.

Serial No. 20,354.

for bridging the joints and connecting the rails which will prevent openings being formed between the rails when contraction of the rails occur. I cut from each end of the rail a vertical slab'or piece, equal to one-half of the tread, one-half of the web and all of the flange on one side of the rail and for a short distance back from the end, preferably about ten inches; also all of the flange and a portion of the web for an additional distance of ten inches, leaving onehalf of the tread, shown at 1 in Figs. 1 and 3, with the end vertical and at right angles to the rail, as at 2, and the side vertical as at 3. The end of the uncut portion of the rail is left vertical and shown at 4, and parallel with said end 2. A recess 5 is cut or formed in the bottom of the rail, opening down and to the same side as that cut out of the web and leaving the end of the flange, as at 6, parallel with the said ends 2 and 4 of the tread and web. When standing near the middle of the rail and looking longitudinally toward either end, the said cuts would be on the left hand and the uncut portion of the tread 1, would be on the right, as shown in the drawings. An angle iron B is provided having a vertical or brace portion 7, and a flange or base portion 8. The flange portion 8 is extended beyond the inside of the brace portion to form a lug 9 which fits within and partially fills said recess 5. The .said angle iron B is welded to the rail or formed integral therewith. I have shown in Fig. 4 a modification of this feature, wherein the angle iron B is shown as detached from the rail, and is held in place by bolts which are inserted through the holes 11. The said bolts are inserted throughholes 12 in the end portions of the rails, whether the integral form of angle iron or the detached form is used, to fasten the rails together. A rail plate C is used under the joint and consists of a sheet of metal having the end portions of one edge bent upward and inward as lugs 13 to engage the base flange of the rail. The portion of said edge between the said lugs 18 is also bent upward and contacts with the edge of the flange portion 8 of the angle iron B, and is shown in the drawings as 16. Openings 14: are provided in said rail plate in vertical alinement with open cuts 15 which are cut in the angle irons B, through which the ordinary spikes 16 are driven into the ties D to fasten the rails on said ties.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim -1. A rail joint comprising the meeting ends of rails each of which is cut vertically and transversely to a longitudinal middle line and then on said line to the abutting ends, and also a portion of the base flange on the same side of each rail being cut away, and the uncut portions of the rails overlapping; an angle iron welded on the uncut outer side of each rail with a portion longitudinally extended beyond the end of the rail to overlap the web portion of the abutting rail; a rail plate having spike holes therein and one edge bent to contact with the edge of said angle iron and portions of the same edge bent to engage the base flange ing a brace portion and a flange portion which is welded on the uncut side of each rail with a portion longitudinally extended beyond the end of the rail; a transverse lug formed on said angle iron to engage within said recess; and bolts through said rails and angle irons to hold the rails overlapped and in longitudinal alinement.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my CHARLES JAOINO.

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